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THE PIERZ JOURNAL
VOL. 7.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, AUGUST 5, 1915.
NO. 8.
EXHIBIT AT STATE FAIR
Government Will Show How Parcel
Post System Works.
Acting under instructions from Postmaster General Burleson, Postmaster
Purdy of Minneapolis probably will
install a parcel post exhibit at the
Minnesota state fair.
The postmaster general tried the experiment of having such exhibits
throughout the country last year and
it proved successful. In his letter Mr.
Burleson says:
"There is no appropriation from
which expenses in connection with
these exhibits can be defrayed and
you are, therefore, limited to making
such arrangements as you can make
without incurring any expense or obligation to the department. However,
the postmasters who successfully conducted exhibits last year have reported that space is readily obtained without expense and that business men
are glad to loan for exhibition as parcel post shipments the articles that
they sell, in consideration of having
their advertising cards attached to
their contributions.
"In addition to such attention as
you can give the exhibit yourself a
well informed competent clerk should
be detailed to give information concerning the advantages of the parcel
post and you are hereby authorized to
assign one employe of your office for
the purpose."
SECOND CHOICEUS INVALID
Minnesota Supreme Court Declares
Provision Void.
The second shoice features of election laws in Minnesota are unconstitutional, according to an opinion of
the supreme court.
The court holds that an elector is
entitled to one vote, and has no right
to influence the election of another
candidate by expressing an itddition-
al choice. The decision does not affect the general election laws of the
state, as the second choice feature
was repealed by the 1915 legislature,
but it does affect those cities with
home rule charters, which have the
second choice feature.
According to the decision Duluth
has been governed by illegally elected
commissioners and her municipal justice administered by illegally elected
judges for two years. The charter
came into effect in 1913 and the first
election under it, April 1, 1913, established the commission form of government and chose the new commissioners under the preferential system of voting.
FUNDS TO IMPROVE ROADS
Minnesota Highway Commission Will
8pend $131,500.
State highways aggregating fifty
miles in length have been ordered
improved at a cost of $131,500 by the
state highway commission. In Nicollet county $30,500 will be spent in
graveling twelve miles of road northwest from Mankato, a link in the
Chicago, Black Hills and Yellowstone
trail, and in the Mankato, St. Peter
and New ITlm road system.
A link in the Minneapolis, Aberdeen and Yellowstone trail will be
built in Yellow Medicine county,
where $49,000 will be spent in the improvement of an extension eighteen
miles long running west from Granite
Falls.
In Aitkin county eighteen miles of
road will be partially graveled at a
cost of $51,000, to form a link in the
highway from the Twin Cities to the
Cuyuna range.
EDITOR USES WRONG MEDIUM
Launch Turns j Left Saturday After I Locals of Pierz jThe Outlook For
Over; 1 Dead
Bernt Augestad, 39, an employe at the Pine Tree sawmill,
at Little Falls, was drowned in
Pishtrap lake Sunday morning
when a launch in which he was
riding capsized, throwing the
occupants into the lake.
In the launch besides Augestad were John Johnson and Joseph Levine of this city and
John Kunza of Lincoln. All
left Little Palls early Sunday
morning for a day's fishing at
Lincoln and were crossing the
lake to the island on which Mr.
Kunza's cottage is situated, taking a roundabout course for the
ride. The launch belonged to
the latter and was delivered new
last week.
It was guaranteed not to tip,
the owner said, according to Mr.
Levine and Mr. Johnson, the
other passengers, and he rocked
it to show its stability. The
boat tipped over, throwing the
occupants out, and its speed carried it 25 feet from the men in
the water.
Mr. Levine, who cannot swim,
grasped the bow of the boat,
which had sunk stern tirst, leaving the end projecting a foot
above water, and the others
struck out for shore. All were
good swimmers, but the distance
was nearly 200 feet and Augestad weakened when near shore
and went down. Mr. Levine
watched from his position on the
boat and saw him weaken. He
did not come up after sinking
the first time.
A boat took Mr. Levine to
shore and he went out in another
to help locate the body, finding
it in about 15 feet of water. Coroner Chance was summoned
from his cattage at Lake Sham-
ineau and after viewing the bbdy
pronounced it accidental drowning.
The remains are at Simonet's
morgue and will be held until
relatives advise as to their disposition. An uncle lives near
Glenwood.
Stay of 10 Weeks
The Northwestern Telephone
And Vicinity! Corn Is Meager
A fire feels comfortable
All kinds of opinions are heard
crew which had been here chang- j these cold Augusf mornings. |asto the probable corn crop
ing the local telephone exchange
into the more up-to-date metallic system, left for Willmar last
Saturday noon. The crew was!
here almost three months. Foreman Short said before leaving,
that he expected to come back
this fall for chicken hunting.
Wm. Virnig made a trip to
St. Paul Saturday.
"Will get fodder corn, nothing
more'-, say some, while others
• claim that with fairly favorable
Safely for savings at the First weather in September, the corn
State Bank of New Pierz. adv. '
cribs may yet be rilled. They
Dr. O. J. Brown and wife point to the years when we had
of Little Falls visited at the simular weather, when those
Pierz Hotel Sunday. | who gave up cultivating raised
a good crop of weeds, while the
Hubert Bares returned last
Thursday from Duluth where
he served as a Federal juror.
Making the Farm Pay Better,
People who have traveled in
Europe tell us that the way in
which farm land is utilized there1 to Wadena Sunday morning!
more hopeful, who continued to
I work the ground, were rewarded
|for their optimism with a boun-
Joe Ries and family autoed tious yield of the maize.
Mails Carry Threats to Duluth Italians and Writer Is Convicted.
Vincenzo Cimino, editor of the
Courier, nn Italian newspaper published in Duluth, has been found
guilty in linked States court of attempting to obtain money by illegal,
methods through the United States
mails. Conviction carries with it a
maximum penalty of five years in a
federal prison or a fine of $1,000, or
both.
Cimino, it was charged, attempted
to force prominent Italians of Duluth
and St. Louis county to contribute to
(he support of his paper, sending them
letters in which he threatened them
with newspaper attacks if they failed.
Are you poor? You may become rich if you save. You can
never become rich if you dont.
First State Bank of New Pierz.
CARRIES ITS OWN INSURANCE
state of Minnesota Placet $11,558,581
In Risks With Itself.
The state, through S. D. Works, insurance commissioner, has placed f 11,-
558,581 in fire insurance with itself,
following the state's policy to carry
lis own insurance on state institutional buildings.
The amount set aside out of the
legislative appropriations by way ot
premiums on this insurance is $77,-
018.
The state is still carrying about
$370,000 worth of insurance in stock
companies which still has some time
to run before expiration.
SLAIN BY BOX CAR BANDITS
One of Five Harvest Hande Resists
Robbers.
The police authorities of Belle
Flaine are seeking two alleged bandits
who held up five harvest hands in a
freight car near there, robbed them
of a small amount of money and shot
and killed James Miller of St. Louis,
Mo., when he resisted the attempt to
search him.
GENERAL
MARKET REPORTS.
Grain and Produce
Harket Report.
Wheat, No. 1, 1.20
Wheat, No. 2... 1.18
Flax, 1.40
Barley .- 55
Rye... - 90
Oats. 40
Ear Corn __ 65
Hay $5.00
Butter, Creamery 37
Dairy 27
Eggs 13
Flour, Best 3.40
" Straight 3.80
Low grade flour 1.80
Bran 1.40
Shorts 1.45
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.10
Ground Feed 1.40
Beans 2.00
Onions 60
as compared to America is marvelous. Intensified farming
some people call it. There the
price of land is so high that to
make any money at all per acre,
there must be no waste land and
no IDLE land.
30 to 40 bushels of wheat per
acre is no uncommon yield on
some lands in Europe that have
been farmed for generations.
One thing that amazes American tourists is the vast amount
of unused land in Northwestern
farms. Many a farm is only
half under cultivation and in far
too many instances that half is
not producing anything like
what it should and could produce per acre.
There may be several reasons
for this, but we often wonder
wlien we see the BUILDINGS
on some farms, whether the daily chores don't take so much
time that there rstrt enough
time left to give the land the
attention it should have.
In these days of high priced
land—with prices continually
climbing—with grain prices at
an unusually high level and with
a big demand for hogs, cattle,
cream, chickens and eggs at
very profitable prices, it would
seem as though every American farmer would realize the
absolute necessity for farm
buildings that would make possible the greatest production of
grain and live stock at the lowest cost per bushel and per head.
This would mean barn, hog house
chicken house and complete
equipment that would save time,
labor and feed and at the same
time enable the stock to do its
best because of clean, well ven-
ti 1 ated and sanitary surroundins.
It is gratifying to note the
number of farmers in this immediate vicinity who do realize
this and are taking advantage
of the unusual conditions in the
|building material market this
year, to make their equipment
up-to-date.
With conditions excellent for
small grain and prospects for
corn improving, this wave of
farm improvement ought to
spread rapidly so that the greatest number possible may take
advantages of cheap material
and labor this year to make their
fann building modern and easier
to work with.
to visit their former home.
John Hoppe of West Sullivan was a business caller in
Pierz Tuesday.
Sullivan News
Messrs. E. S. Tanner, George
Walker, Butch Knute and Frank
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^iBourassa of Little Falls autoed
Just received a car of lumber up to the lake Tuesday for an
which I will sell cheap.
Jos. H. Grell.
Peter Sitzinann of Buck-
outing.
Dr. John Watson of Plain view,
Iowa, A. O. Hieghberg, J. A.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Bert of Royalton, stopped at
man was in town on business |Liimelian-s Tuesday.
yesterday.
C. E. Look, wife and son Glenn
called at John Boser's in Buh
last Tuesday.
H. C. Smith is doing some fine
breaking on Dr. Rodman's land
near lake 12.
MissMazie Look has returned
I from St. Cloud, where she has
been attending school.
Henry Gau autoed to Minneapolis yesterday morning,
returning in the evening with
a new Ford 1916 car.
John Scheberl and his son
Frank of Little Falls autoed
to Pierz last Friday to call on
the Jos. H. Virnig family. | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Mrs. Frank Sims visited at
Mrs. Christ Billstein and' the H. C. Smith home last Wed
son Peter were over Sunday nesday.
visitors at the home of her
daughter Mrs. M. Rauch.
Callers at Rob. Adkins' last
Wednesday, were Mrs. L. Pint,
New Device Stops
"Listening In."
A new invention which will
no doubt be hailed as a blessing
bv the rural telephone subscribers is a "lock-out system'' and
does away with the amusement
of "listening in" on party lines.
The operation of this lockout
mechanism on telephones absolutely insures privacy between
parties engaged in conversation.
The attachment simply locks
the instrument against all eavesdropping, while it does not disclose the identity of the would-
be listener. The new attachment is the work of Frank W.
Adsit, of Minneapolis. It has
been forty years since the telephone was invented. The lockout system for party lines on
which people could converse
in strict privacy baa been the
day-dream of all rural and party line companies since that
time. The invention will prove
a tremendous sa\ ing in the operation of telephone exchanges
in small communities, for the
reason that it will secure privacy
of communication without duplication of equipment.
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Happenings of the Week
in Minnesota.
Rucker News.
Mrs. John Spaeth of Green- jMif ™aL°ok- *frs\T' S' Look
wald visited with the William
Eller, F. O. Bolster and Louis
Feucht families last week.
and Mrs. C. E. Look and chil-
i
, dren.
Merle and Rodney Look and
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the Misses Dorethy Lynn, Mar-
Last Monday night the! garetCookandMazie Look called
thermometer went down to
44 degrees. Only 12 above
freezing.
Those who borrowed picnic
pumps from me must bring them
back. You may want to be accomodated again.
ANDREW FAUST.
Mrs. G. J. Sullivan of St.
Paul arrived in Pierz last
Monday for a visit with her
parents Mr. aud Mrs. John
Dombovy.
John D. Rockefeller says,
"How important itistosave the
small amounts!" Save your
money regularly in the First
State Bank of New Pierz. adv.
South St. Paul
Hog Market.
Ave. Price.
Thursday 6.45
Friday 0.45
Saturday 6.30
The men answer the deJL^^HH'
robbers who took part In a holdup in Tuesday 6.15
the railway yards in Mankato recently Wednesday 6.20'wife and two children
Mr. and Mrs. N. Doucette
Clara and Joe Labne of Ft.
Ripley and Mr. A. M. Reimer
of Little Falls, spent Sunday I Mr' and Mre- P' Gilbri(k>- Dr
at Peter Adkins' Wednesday.
The evening was spent playing
basket ball.
Robert Adkins and wife were
Onamia callers Friday.
Miss Ida Look and Mrs. C. E.
Look called at H. C. Smith's
Friday.
Mrs. Richard Renecke of St.
Paul is visiting with the Linnelian's.
The town board met at the
clerk's office Saturday.
Mrs. Peter Adkins her son Jim
and daughter Mary, accompanied by Mazie and Merle Look,
drove to Deerwood Sunday and
took dinner with Mrs. Adkins'
daughter, Mrs. Waffensinitb.
Mesdames A. W. Cook and
Christianson visited at the Pin-
neman home Sunday.
St. Cloud, Minn., Julv 31.—M.
E. .McLaughlin, whose legs were
broken when a stump puller
with which he was working on
the Bowing farm near Watab,
flew back and struck him, is
dead. The beam of the puller
hit McLaughlin above the knees,
breaking the bones with sucli
force that they protruded through
his clothing. Blood poisioning
set in. He is survived by his
at the home of Mrs. A. Stumpf.
Henry Gau of the Pierz
Auto Garage lias secured patent on "Means for automatically unlocking doors and
gates."
Jos. Smuda and a few other
boys of Platte left Tuesday
morning for Henderson, N.D.,
where they will work during
harvest and threshing.
Ed. Kuff has bought the
one-story addition back of
JohnGrell'ssaloon and moved
it onto a lot south of John
Grell's dwelling house. Mr.
Ruff will fix it u[i and live
in the same.
and Mrs. Healy, Mr. and Mrs.
Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Mel.
Wermerskirchen and children
of Pierz, spent Sunday at the
lake.
Mrs. L". P. Ford and daughter,
Mrs. T. S. Look, C. E. Look and
family picniced at Logan last
Sunday.
Mrs. T. S. Look and nephew
Rodney called at Kobert Adkins'
Monday.
Frank Sims drove to Lastrup
Tuesday.
Ray Sims and wife were Onamia visitors Tuesday.
Lawrence Kramer, wiie and
little daughter, visited at the
Kelly home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frances Tom
berlin and children spent Sunday
at G. W. Wallers
Mr. and Mis. M. C. Davis and
family of Little Falls came out
in their auto Sunday for a visit
at the Waller home. They returned the same day, leaving
Miss Marian Davis out here for
a longer visit.
Ray Bruber and family enjoyed a little picnic on their
farm Sunday.
Messrs. Finn and Gassert were
out this way one day last week,
inspecting the material for the
new bridge to be put in.
O. W- Carlson of Little Falls,
agent for the Watkins Medical
Co. called around this neighborhood last week in his new Maxwell auto.
A fishing party, consisting of
J. H and .1. \V. Ferguson and
wives, Mr. and Mrs. Robison
and Muriel, Mr. and Mrs. Kin.
Goble, Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Waller and family, spent Sunday at
Peavey lake.
A very pleasant time was enjoyed by the young folks at G.
\V. Wallei 'a last Friday evening.
The occasion was a party given
in honor of their guest, Miss
Helen Davis.
Geo. Waller and son Wesley
went to Little Falls Tuesday on
buftim
Weather Bureau,
Notice
MikeDeeringof Pike Creek
was in Little Falls ou business Monday morning. Mr.
Weather Forecast for the week
beginning Wednesday. i-■
by the U. S. Weather Bureau at
Washington. D. C, for the
per Mississippi Valley, and the
Plain States:
After an active campaign of several
weeks the city of Rochester has again
turned down the proposal of* the Consumers' Power company to supply the
city with electricity. It was the
enth offer made to the city In the
last five years, each one of which was
a trifle lower than the preceding one.
Municipal ownership has proved a
profitable venture for Ri . the
city having netted about $40,000 profit
in one year from a plant long in a
dilapidated condition, and at the same
time furnishing power and light much
lower than the majority of cities.
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The state railway and warehouse
commission has ordered the first telephone rale change under the new
law, directing the Willow ("reek Telephone company to reduce its rate on
toll messages from Mankato to Willow (.'reek subscribers from 36 cents
to 26 cents. The company makes a
rate of 26 cents from its system to
Mankato which it reaches through the
Northwestern system by connection
at Amboy, but the rate the other way
is 36 cents. This the conmii
holds Is discriminatory against the
Mankato subscribers.
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infant mortality rates in nearly all
'unties of Minnesota are far too
high, according to Dr. V. w. Bchults,
chairman: of the infant welfare committee of the Minnesota Public
Health association, which is starting
■ campaign to educate the mothers of
the state in prevention of the summer
illnesses of babies. The death
among babies In the three large c
has been reduced materially, but in
seventy live counties of the state the
rate is still far too high, says Dr.
Bchults.
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After an illness of two months with;
hardening of the Brer, Frank J. Eu-I
bank, a prominent Odd Fellow, Is!
dead at his home in St. Paul, Mr.:
Kubank was born in Urookfleld, V
March I, is IT. When lift'
old he enlisted in the Thirty-first Wis-!
cousin Infantry for service in
Civil war. lie was with the Union]
army at Cumberland, Ky., and N
ville, Tenn., until he joined Sherman's!
army at Atlanta. He was with this;
army on its famous march to the sea.;
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Seventeen separate charges of for-;
gery and one charge of grand larceny,
in the second degree may be consid-j
ered by the Hennepin county grand;
jury against J. B. Thompson, cashier;
of the Osseo State bank. Thompson!
wanted to plead guilty a few days!
ago, but lt has been deemed best to:
have the grand jury pass on all the;
evidence and return indictments Ifj
the Inquisitorial body decides that the!
evidence warrants lt.
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A postmortem examination of the
body of Professor W. W, Frost of the
Mankato normal school, who was
found dead In the bathtub at his
home, showed that death wn
an electric shock which either elec-
ted him or. ihrew him down.
Causing the side i i his face and neck
to strike the soap holder. The. water
ln the tub was being heated by an
electric heater placed in the water.
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Albert L. Ward, state senator from
Fairmont, will build and maintain
with his private fortune a home for
dependent and neglected children.
Articles of Incorporation for the
"Ward home" have been Died with the
ary of state. It ls said that
Senator Ward has set aside a large
share of his fortune of more than
1,000 for the maintenance ot the
home.
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R. W. Hargodine. state fire marshal,!
has served notice upon owners of fifty-
dilapidated houses and tenements at:
Duluth to wreck them within the time;
prescribed by law. Many of these';
buildings have been eyesores for a-
long time and arc dangerous as fire-:
traps. Several of the tenements are:
occupied by as many as thirty faml-:
lies.
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The I^onidas iron mine at Hibblng,';
owned by the state, made a record;
week's shipment of ore during the;
Week ending July 27, according to;
word received by J. A. O. Preus, state';
auditor. There were shipped from.
this mine during the week 1,002 cars,:
or about 42,000 tons.
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Hennepin county "drys" now have';
■Hfggn^^.^^.^^^^^^^^^^^^^ th names desired to complete!
Generally fair weather is in- the f0untv option petmon. rnderj
dicated during the v. t the law 12,500 names are necessary,;
in the Dakotaa and the Missouri
but the Anti-Saloon league wants to;
■aigiaigaHajlBnmnajnaBBiasiis^B^BB. have an ample margin to allc
\ alley, where the. e wtlll^e show-iliame8 Mug 8truck off becaUM of
ers about Friday. Mock-ratty technicalities.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ low temperatures for a day or|
Peering recently made a trip two will be followed by some-' 0,af ^hristoferson. twentynlno
T, , , . „ „r . . . . . » old. of Thief River Falls, waa
into Pulaski town, near feulli- what higher temperature. j almost lnstanllv ki„ed at Kmi Grand
van lake and states thai in
one spot he counted se\en L»
, . , • , Start now to save for that i„mh«>r mii'i niant
wolves taking a noonday nai>. , ,unnDer mH P|ant-
■■* r rainy day that is bound to come * +
j Forks by a falling beam, which
ted his head and shoulders. He
was employed in dismantling an old
The music class willl ^
Open Monday, AugUSTtthei The animals were all full to'Jn The First St ite Bink The two-year-old daughter o:
9th. |grown and apparently well |of New Pierz wants your Bank'- ^J^-i^^^SI
Benedictine Sisters.' fed.—Transcript.
ing busi;
adv. shortly afterward.
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THE PIERZ JOURNAL
VOL. 7.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, AUGUST 5, 1915.
NO. 8.
EXHIBIT AT STATE FAIR
Government Will Show How Parcel
Post System Works.
Acting under instructions from Postmaster General Burleson, Postmaster
Purdy of Minneapolis probably will
install a parcel post exhibit at the
Minnesota state fair.
The postmaster general tried the experiment of having such exhibits
throughout the country last year and
it proved successful. In his letter Mr.
Burleson says:
"There is no appropriation from
which expenses in connection with
these exhibits can be defrayed and
you are, therefore, limited to making
such arrangements as you can make
without incurring any expense or obligation to the department. However,
the postmasters who successfully conducted exhibits last year have reported that space is readily obtained without expense and that business men
are glad to loan for exhibition as parcel post shipments the articles that
they sell, in consideration of having
their advertising cards attached to
their contributions.
"In addition to such attention as
you can give the exhibit yourself a
well informed competent clerk should
be detailed to give information concerning the advantages of the parcel
post and you are hereby authorized to
assign one employe of your office for
the purpose."
SECOND CHOICEUS INVALID
Minnesota Supreme Court Declares
Provision Void.
The second shoice features of election laws in Minnesota are unconstitutional, according to an opinion of
the supreme court.
The court holds that an elector is
entitled to one vote, and has no right
to influence the election of another
candidate by expressing an itddition-
al choice. The decision does not affect the general election laws of the
state, as the second choice feature
was repealed by the 1915 legislature,
but it does affect those cities with
home rule charters, which have the
second choice feature.
According to the decision Duluth
has been governed by illegally elected
commissioners and her municipal justice administered by illegally elected
judges for two years. The charter
came into effect in 1913 and the first
election under it, April 1, 1913, established the commission form of government and chose the new commissioners under the preferential system of voting.
FUNDS TO IMPROVE ROADS
Minnesota Highway Commission Will
8pend $131,500.
State highways aggregating fifty
miles in length have been ordered
improved at a cost of $131,500 by the
state highway commission. In Nicollet county $30,500 will be spent in
graveling twelve miles of road northwest from Mankato, a link in the
Chicago, Black Hills and Yellowstone
trail, and in the Mankato, St. Peter
and New ITlm road system.
A link in the Minneapolis, Aberdeen and Yellowstone trail will be
built in Yellow Medicine county,
where $49,000 will be spent in the improvement of an extension eighteen
miles long running west from Granite
Falls.
In Aitkin county eighteen miles of
road will be partially graveled at a
cost of $51,000, to form a link in the
highway from the Twin Cities to the
Cuyuna range.
EDITOR USES WRONG MEDIUM
Launch Turns j Left Saturday After I Locals of Pierz jThe Outlook For
Over; 1 Dead
Bernt Augestad, 39, an employe at the Pine Tree sawmill,
at Little Falls, was drowned in
Pishtrap lake Sunday morning
when a launch in which he was
riding capsized, throwing the
occupants into the lake.
In the launch besides Augestad were John Johnson and Joseph Levine of this city and
John Kunza of Lincoln. All
left Little Palls early Sunday
morning for a day's fishing at
Lincoln and were crossing the
lake to the island on which Mr.
Kunza's cottage is situated, taking a roundabout course for the
ride. The launch belonged to
the latter and was delivered new
last week.
It was guaranteed not to tip,
the owner said, according to Mr.
Levine and Mr. Johnson, the
other passengers, and he rocked
it to show its stability. The
boat tipped over, throwing the
occupants out, and its speed carried it 25 feet from the men in
the water.
Mr. Levine, who cannot swim,
grasped the bow of the boat,
which had sunk stern tirst, leaving the end projecting a foot
above water, and the others
struck out for shore. All were
good swimmers, but the distance
was nearly 200 feet and Augestad weakened when near shore
and went down. Mr. Levine
watched from his position on the
boat and saw him weaken. He
did not come up after sinking
the first time.
A boat took Mr. Levine to
shore and he went out in another
to help locate the body, finding
it in about 15 feet of water. Coroner Chance was summoned
from his cattage at Lake Sham-
ineau and after viewing the bbdy
pronounced it accidental drowning.
The remains are at Simonet's
morgue and will be held until
relatives advise as to their disposition. An uncle lives near
Glenwood.
Stay of 10 Weeks
The Northwestern Telephone
And Vicinity! Corn Is Meager
A fire feels comfortable
All kinds of opinions are heard
crew which had been here chang- j these cold Augusf mornings. |asto the probable corn crop
ing the local telephone exchange
into the more up-to-date metallic system, left for Willmar last
Saturday noon. The crew was!
here almost three months. Foreman Short said before leaving,
that he expected to come back
this fall for chicken hunting.
Wm. Virnig made a trip to
St. Paul Saturday.
"Will get fodder corn, nothing
more'-, say some, while others
• claim that with fairly favorable
Safely for savings at the First weather in September, the corn
State Bank of New Pierz. adv. '
cribs may yet be rilled. They
Dr. O. J. Brown and wife point to the years when we had
of Little Falls visited at the simular weather, when those
Pierz Hotel Sunday. | who gave up cultivating raised
a good crop of weeds, while the
Hubert Bares returned last
Thursday from Duluth where
he served as a Federal juror.
Making the Farm Pay Better,
People who have traveled in
Europe tell us that the way in
which farm land is utilized there1 to Wadena Sunday morning!
more hopeful, who continued to
I work the ground, were rewarded
|for their optimism with a boun-
Joe Ries and family autoed tious yield of the maize.
Mails Carry Threats to Duluth Italians and Writer Is Convicted.
Vincenzo Cimino, editor of the
Courier, nn Italian newspaper published in Duluth, has been found
guilty in linked States court of attempting to obtain money by illegal,
methods through the United States
mails. Conviction carries with it a
maximum penalty of five years in a
federal prison or a fine of $1,000, or
both.
Cimino, it was charged, attempted
to force prominent Italians of Duluth
and St. Louis county to contribute to
(he support of his paper, sending them
letters in which he threatened them
with newspaper attacks if they failed.
Are you poor? You may become rich if you save. You can
never become rich if you dont.
First State Bank of New Pierz.
CARRIES ITS OWN INSURANCE
state of Minnesota Placet $11,558,581
In Risks With Itself.
The state, through S. D. Works, insurance commissioner, has placed f 11,-
558,581 in fire insurance with itself,
following the state's policy to carry
lis own insurance on state institutional buildings.
The amount set aside out of the
legislative appropriations by way ot
premiums on this insurance is $77,-
018.
The state is still carrying about
$370,000 worth of insurance in stock
companies which still has some time
to run before expiration.
SLAIN BY BOX CAR BANDITS
One of Five Harvest Hande Resists
Robbers.
The police authorities of Belle
Flaine are seeking two alleged bandits
who held up five harvest hands in a
freight car near there, robbed them
of a small amount of money and shot
and killed James Miller of St. Louis,
Mo., when he resisted the attempt to
search him.
GENERAL
MARKET REPORTS.
Grain and Produce
Harket Report.
Wheat, No. 1, 1.20
Wheat, No. 2... 1.18
Flax, 1.40
Barley .- 55
Rye... - 90
Oats. 40
Ear Corn __ 65
Hay $5.00
Butter, Creamery 37
Dairy 27
Eggs 13
Flour, Best 3.40
" Straight 3.80
Low grade flour 1.80
Bran 1.40
Shorts 1.45
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 1.10
Ground Feed 1.40
Beans 2.00
Onions 60
as compared to America is marvelous. Intensified farming
some people call it. There the
price of land is so high that to
make any money at all per acre,
there must be no waste land and
no IDLE land.
30 to 40 bushels of wheat per
acre is no uncommon yield on
some lands in Europe that have
been farmed for generations.
One thing that amazes American tourists is the vast amount
of unused land in Northwestern
farms. Many a farm is only
half under cultivation and in far
too many instances that half is
not producing anything like
what it should and could produce per acre.
There may be several reasons
for this, but we often wonder
wlien we see the BUILDINGS
on some farms, whether the daily chores don't take so much
time that there rstrt enough
time left to give the land the
attention it should have.
In these days of high priced
land—with prices continually
climbing—with grain prices at
an unusually high level and with
a big demand for hogs, cattle,
cream, chickens and eggs at
very profitable prices, it would
seem as though every American farmer would realize the
absolute necessity for farm
buildings that would make possible the greatest production of
grain and live stock at the lowest cost per bushel and per head.
This would mean barn, hog house
chicken house and complete
equipment that would save time,
labor and feed and at the same
time enable the stock to do its
best because of clean, well ven-
ti 1 ated and sanitary surroundins.
It is gratifying to note the
number of farmers in this immediate vicinity who do realize
this and are taking advantage
of the unusual conditions in the
|building material market this
year, to make their equipment
up-to-date.
With conditions excellent for
small grain and prospects for
corn improving, this wave of
farm improvement ought to
spread rapidly so that the greatest number possible may take
advantages of cheap material
and labor this year to make their
fann building modern and easier
to work with.
to visit their former home.
John Hoppe of West Sullivan was a business caller in
Pierz Tuesday.
Sullivan News
Messrs. E. S. Tanner, George
Walker, Butch Knute and Frank
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^iBourassa of Little Falls autoed
Just received a car of lumber up to the lake Tuesday for an
which I will sell cheap.
Jos. H. Grell.
Peter Sitzinann of Buck-
outing.
Dr. John Watson of Plain view,
Iowa, A. O. Hieghberg, J. A.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Bert of Royalton, stopped at
man was in town on business |Liimelian-s Tuesday.
yesterday.
C. E. Look, wife and son Glenn
called at John Boser's in Buh
last Tuesday.
H. C. Smith is doing some fine
breaking on Dr. Rodman's land
near lake 12.
MissMazie Look has returned
I from St. Cloud, where she has
been attending school.
Henry Gau autoed to Minneapolis yesterday morning,
returning in the evening with
a new Ford 1916 car.
John Scheberl and his son
Frank of Little Falls autoed
to Pierz last Friday to call on
the Jos. H. Virnig family. | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Mrs. Frank Sims visited at
Mrs. Christ Billstein and' the H. C. Smith home last Wed
son Peter were over Sunday nesday.
visitors at the home of her
daughter Mrs. M. Rauch.
Callers at Rob. Adkins' last
Wednesday, were Mrs. L. Pint,
New Device Stops
"Listening In."
A new invention which will
no doubt be hailed as a blessing
bv the rural telephone subscribers is a "lock-out system'' and
does away with the amusement
of "listening in" on party lines.
The operation of this lockout
mechanism on telephones absolutely insures privacy between
parties engaged in conversation.
The attachment simply locks
the instrument against all eavesdropping, while it does not disclose the identity of the would-
be listener. The new attachment is the work of Frank W.
Adsit, of Minneapolis. It has
been forty years since the telephone was invented. The lockout system for party lines on
which people could converse
in strict privacy baa been the
day-dream of all rural and party line companies since that
time. The invention will prove
a tremendous sa\ ing in the operation of telephone exchanges
in small communities, for the
reason that it will secure privacy
of communication without duplication of equipment.
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Happenings of the Week
in Minnesota.
Rucker News.
Mrs. John Spaeth of Green- jMif ™aL°ok- *frs\T' S' Look
wald visited with the William
Eller, F. O. Bolster and Louis
Feucht families last week.
and Mrs. C. E. Look and chil-
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, dren.
Merle and Rodney Look and
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the Misses Dorethy Lynn, Mar-
Last Monday night the! garetCookandMazie Look called
thermometer went down to
44 degrees. Only 12 above
freezing.
Those who borrowed picnic
pumps from me must bring them
back. You may want to be accomodated again.
ANDREW FAUST.
Mrs. G. J. Sullivan of St.
Paul arrived in Pierz last
Monday for a visit with her
parents Mr. aud Mrs. John
Dombovy.
John D. Rockefeller says,
"How important itistosave the
small amounts!" Save your
money regularly in the First
State Bank of New Pierz. adv.
South St. Paul
Hog Market.
Ave. Price.
Thursday 6.45
Friday 0.45
Saturday 6.30
The men answer the deJL^^HH'
robbers who took part In a holdup in Tuesday 6.15
the railway yards in Mankato recently Wednesday 6.20'wife and two children
Mr. and Mrs. N. Doucette
Clara and Joe Labne of Ft.
Ripley and Mr. A. M. Reimer
of Little Falls, spent Sunday I Mr' and Mre- P' Gilbri(k>- Dr
at Peter Adkins' Wednesday.
The evening was spent playing
basket ball.
Robert Adkins and wife were
Onamia callers Friday.
Miss Ida Look and Mrs. C. E.
Look called at H. C. Smith's
Friday.
Mrs. Richard Renecke of St.
Paul is visiting with the Linnelian's.
The town board met at the
clerk's office Saturday.
Mrs. Peter Adkins her son Jim
and daughter Mary, accompanied by Mazie and Merle Look,
drove to Deerwood Sunday and
took dinner with Mrs. Adkins'
daughter, Mrs. Waffensinitb.
Mesdames A. W. Cook and
Christianson visited at the Pin-
neman home Sunday.
St. Cloud, Minn., Julv 31.—M.
E. .McLaughlin, whose legs were
broken when a stump puller
with which he was working on
the Bowing farm near Watab,
flew back and struck him, is
dead. The beam of the puller
hit McLaughlin above the knees,
breaking the bones with sucli
force that they protruded through
his clothing. Blood poisioning
set in. He is survived by his
at the home of Mrs. A. Stumpf.
Henry Gau of the Pierz
Auto Garage lias secured patent on "Means for automatically unlocking doors and
gates."
Jos. Smuda and a few other
boys of Platte left Tuesday
morning for Henderson, N.D.,
where they will work during
harvest and threshing.
Ed. Kuff has bought the
one-story addition back of
JohnGrell'ssaloon and moved
it onto a lot south of John
Grell's dwelling house. Mr.
Ruff will fix it u[i and live
in the same.
and Mrs. Healy, Mr. and Mrs.
Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Mel.
Wermerskirchen and children
of Pierz, spent Sunday at the
lake.
Mrs. L". P. Ford and daughter,
Mrs. T. S. Look, C. E. Look and
family picniced at Logan last
Sunday.
Mrs. T. S. Look and nephew
Rodney called at Kobert Adkins'
Monday.
Frank Sims drove to Lastrup
Tuesday.
Ray Sims and wife were Onamia visitors Tuesday.
Lawrence Kramer, wiie and
little daughter, visited at the
Kelly home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frances Tom
berlin and children spent Sunday
at G. W. Wallers
Mr. and Mis. M. C. Davis and
family of Little Falls came out
in their auto Sunday for a visit
at the Waller home. They returned the same day, leaving
Miss Marian Davis out here for
a longer visit.
Ray Bruber and family enjoyed a little picnic on their
farm Sunday.
Messrs. Finn and Gassert were
out this way one day last week,
inspecting the material for the
new bridge to be put in.
O. W- Carlson of Little Falls,
agent for the Watkins Medical
Co. called around this neighborhood last week in his new Maxwell auto.
A fishing party, consisting of
J. H and .1. \V. Ferguson and
wives, Mr. and Mrs. Robison
and Muriel, Mr. and Mrs. Kin.
Goble, Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Waller and family, spent Sunday at
Peavey lake.
A very pleasant time was enjoyed by the young folks at G.
\V. Wallei 'a last Friday evening.
The occasion was a party given
in honor of their guest, Miss
Helen Davis.
Geo. Waller and son Wesley
went to Little Falls Tuesday on
buftim
Weather Bureau,
Notice
MikeDeeringof Pike Creek
was in Little Falls ou business Monday morning. Mr.
Weather Forecast for the week
beginning Wednesday. i-■
by the U. S. Weather Bureau at
Washington. D. C, for the
per Mississippi Valley, and the
Plain States:
After an active campaign of several
weeks the city of Rochester has again
turned down the proposal of* the Consumers' Power company to supply the
city with electricity. It was the
enth offer made to the city In the
last five years, each one of which was
a trifle lower than the preceding one.
Municipal ownership has proved a
profitable venture for Ri . the
city having netted about $40,000 profit
in one year from a plant long in a
dilapidated condition, and at the same
time furnishing power and light much
lower than the majority of cities.
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The state railway and warehouse
commission has ordered the first telephone rale change under the new
law, directing the Willow ("reek Telephone company to reduce its rate on
toll messages from Mankato to Willow (.'reek subscribers from 36 cents
to 26 cents. The company makes a
rate of 26 cents from its system to
Mankato which it reaches through the
Northwestern system by connection
at Amboy, but the rate the other way
is 36 cents. This the conmii
holds Is discriminatory against the
Mankato subscribers.
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infant mortality rates in nearly all
'unties of Minnesota are far too
high, according to Dr. V. w. Bchults,
chairman: of the infant welfare committee of the Minnesota Public
Health association, which is starting
■ campaign to educate the mothers of
the state in prevention of the summer
illnesses of babies. The death
among babies In the three large c
has been reduced materially, but in
seventy live counties of the state the
rate is still far too high, says Dr.
Bchults.
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After an illness of two months with;
hardening of the Brer, Frank J. Eu-I
bank, a prominent Odd Fellow, Is!
dead at his home in St. Paul, Mr.:
Kubank was born in Urookfleld, V
March I, is IT. When lift'
old he enlisted in the Thirty-first Wis-!
cousin Infantry for service in
Civil war. lie was with the Union]
army at Cumberland, Ky., and N
ville, Tenn., until he joined Sherman's!
army at Atlanta. He was with this;
army on its famous march to the sea.;
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Seventeen separate charges of for-;
gery and one charge of grand larceny,
in the second degree may be consid-j
ered by the Hennepin county grand;
jury against J. B. Thompson, cashier;
of the Osseo State bank. Thompson!
wanted to plead guilty a few days!
ago, but lt has been deemed best to:
have the grand jury pass on all the;
evidence and return indictments Ifj
the Inquisitorial body decides that the!
evidence warrants lt.
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A postmortem examination of the
body of Professor W. W, Frost of the
Mankato normal school, who was
found dead In the bathtub at his
home, showed that death wn
an electric shock which either elec-
ted him or. ihrew him down.
Causing the side i i his face and neck
to strike the soap holder. The. water
ln the tub was being heated by an
electric heater placed in the water.
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Albert L. Ward, state senator from
Fairmont, will build and maintain
with his private fortune a home for
dependent and neglected children.
Articles of Incorporation for the
"Ward home" have been Died with the
ary of state. It ls said that
Senator Ward has set aside a large
share of his fortune of more than
1,000 for the maintenance ot the
home.
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R. W. Hargodine. state fire marshal,!
has served notice upon owners of fifty-
dilapidated houses and tenements at:
Duluth to wreck them within the time;
prescribed by law. Many of these';
buildings have been eyesores for a-
long time and arc dangerous as fire-:
traps. Several of the tenements are:
occupied by as many as thirty faml-:
lies.
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The I^onidas iron mine at Hibblng,';
owned by the state, made a record;
week's shipment of ore during the;
Week ending July 27, according to;
word received by J. A. O. Preus, state';
auditor. There were shipped from.
this mine during the week 1,002 cars,:
or about 42,000 tons.
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Hennepin county "drys" now have';
■Hfggn^^.^^.^^^^^^^^^^^^^ th names desired to complete!
Generally fair weather is in- the f0untv option petmon. rnderj
dicated during the v. t the law 12,500 names are necessary,;
in the Dakotaa and the Missouri
but the Anti-Saloon league wants to;
■aigiaigaHajlBnmnajnaBBiasiis^B^BB. have an ample margin to allc
\ alley, where the. e wtlll^e show-iliame8 Mug 8truck off becaUM of
ers about Friday. Mock-ratty technicalities.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ low temperatures for a day or|
Peering recently made a trip two will be followed by some-' 0,af ^hristoferson. twentynlno
T, , , . „ „r . . . . . » old. of Thief River Falls, waa
into Pulaski town, near feulli- what higher temperature. j almost lnstanllv ki„ed at Kmi Grand
van lake and states thai in
one spot he counted se\en L»
, . , • , Start now to save for that i„mh«>r mii'i niant
wolves taking a noonday nai>. , ,unnDer mH P|ant-
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j Forks by a falling beam, which
ted his head and shoulders. He
was employed in dismantling an old
The music class willl ^
Open Monday, AugUSTtthei The animals were all full to'Jn The First St ite Bink The two-year-old daughter o:
9th. |grown and apparently well |of New Pierz wants your Bank'- ^J^-i^^^SI
Benedictine Sisters.' fed.—Transcript.
ing busi;
adv. shortly afterward.
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